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Healthcare

Drugs and addiction platforms

Here's what the 2024 NB election parties are promising.

PC

  • Compel people into drug treatment if they pose a threat to themselves or others

    "Today, Premier Blaine Higgs reaffirmed the Progressive Conservative Party’s commitment to tackling the addiction crisis in New Brunswick through the introduction of a new Compassionate Intervention Act. This legislation, if passed, will allow the government to intervene and compel individuals into drug treatment when they pose a threat to themselves or others, offering much-needed rehabilitation services for individuals living on the streets or whose addiction has left them homeless." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Build a new 50-bed rehabilitation facility to provide long-term treatment and recovery

    "Building a new 50-bed rehabilitation facility to provide long-term treatment and recovery services for those suffering from addiction." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Deny any new supervised injection sites

    "A re-elected PC government will not approve any new supervised injection sites across the province.

    We will focus on a recovery model to treat addictions and start investing more in treatment facilities.

    We care about people too much to leave them on the street, ravaged with addiction"

    pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Launch a virtual opioid dependence programme to provide faster and more accessible treatment options

    "Launching a virtual opioid dependence program, providing faster and more accessible treatment options across the province." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Create a Therapeutic Living Unit at the new provincial jail in Minto, offering treatment-focused programmes

    "Creating a Therapeutic Living Unit at the new provincial jail in Minto, offering treatment-focused programs for individuals involved in the criminal justice system due to addiction." — pcnb.ca, retrieved 2024-10-12

Liberal

  • Invest in treatment beds throughout the province

    "Invest in treatment beds throughout the province, ensure there is a bed for anyone who wants it when they want it, and ensure that there is an optional continuum of care for those exiting treatment." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Ensure an optional continuum of care for those exiting treatment

Green

  • Create new residential rehabilitation facilities for treating addiction

    "Establish new residential rehabilitation facilities to meet the demand for treatment of addictions." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Increase the proportion of the Department of Health's budget that is spent on mental health and addiction service to 12%

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